Theodore Meighen
Theodore Meighen | |
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Born | October 1905 Isabel Meighen (mother) (sister)Lillian Meighen Wright |
Other work | Lawyer and philanthropist |
Theodore Roosevelt O'Neil Meighen (October 1905 – 1979) was a Canadian lawyer and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of former
Education
Meighen was born in
Career
He practiced law in
He established the T. R. Meighen Family Foundation in 1969.
Family
Meighen married Margaret "Peggy" DeLancey Robinson in 1937. She was a descendant of American Loyalist Beverley Robinson. Their children included Michael Meighen, who was later named to the Senate of Canada. Following Theodore Meighen's death, Peggy married Senator Hartland Molson in 1990, and remains the only Canadian ever to have both a son and a husband sitting in the Canadian Senate simultaneously. She died on December 18, 2000, at the age of 85, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Theodore Meighen was also the brother of arts philanthropist Lillian Meighen Wright.
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References
- ^ Graham, Roger (1960). "Arthur Meighen: A Biography".